I’m a great audience. I cry very easily. I suspend disbelief in two seconds. Stephen Sondheim Read Quote
The dumbing down of the country reflects itself on Broadway. The shows get dumber, and the public gets used to them. Stephen Sondheim Read Quote
Lyrics have to be underwritten. That’s why poets generally make poor lyric writers because the language is too rich. You get drowned in it. Stephen Sondheim Read Quote
I love the theater as much as music, and the whole idea of getting across to an audience and making them laugh, making them cry – just making them feel – is paramount to me. Stephen Sondheim Read Quote
Generally, the best recording is the original cast, because that’s the way the piece grew: integrally, with them. Stephen Sondheim Read Quote
I played the organ when I went to military school, when I was 10. They had a huge organ, the second-largest pipe organ in New York State. I loved all the buttons and the gadgets. I’ve always been a gadget man. Stephen Sondheim Read Quote
